Sentence examples for sting without from inspiring English sources

But satire can sting without being ruthless.

The laundering operations that the United States conducts elsewhere — about 50 so-called Attorney General Exempt Operations are under way around the world — had been forbidden in Mexico after American customs agents conducted a cross-border sting without notifying Mexican authorities in 1998, which was how most American undercover work was conducted there up to that point.

On Tuesday, amid outrage that the machinery around Weinstein apparently enabled his abuse and insured the victims' silence, the D.A.'s office appeared to blame the N.Y.P.D. for arranging the sting without giving prosecutors "the opportunity before the meeting to counsel investigators on what was necessary to capture in order to prove a misdemeanor sex crime".

In olden times, roasted pols responded with witty speeches replete with self-deprecating "in" jokes, often written by Liz Carpenter or Paul Keyes, a Gridiron tradition continued this year as Democrat Bob Strauss showed how political wit could sting without overstepping.

This insures that "shot" officers feel a painful sting without getting killed.

Thousands of live bees were used during production, with the understanding that the bees would not sting without a queen present.

Fuller said he meant that Mr. Cromitie would not be able to obtain a Stinger without Mr. Hussain's help.Late in the day, a prosecutor asked Mr. Fuller why he had instructed the informant to buy guns from Mr. Cromitie.

For Nannie, it is simply unthinkable that anyone would stupidly wipe out a bee infestation in a church (nobody in this book's natural paradise is ever bitten or stung) without realizing that the absence of fluttering wings on a hot July day will cause honeycombs in the walls to melt and honey to come oozing out onto the floor.

Previous stings without incident does not mean you will never have an anaphylactic reaction.

Unlike in honeybees, a bumblebee's stinger lacks barbs, so the bee can sting repeatedly without injuring itself; by the same token, the stinger is not left in the wound.

In contrast, hornets, like other members of the wasp family, have barbless stingers, allowing them to sting repeatedly without losing their stingers.